tokophobeEtymologyFrom toko- + -phobe.nounOne who has tokophobia.“tocophobe (tō´kō fōb´) A woman who dreads childbirth—or her husband who does also, for that matter. Most tocophobes have not yet had a child and are apprehensive about the graduation ceremony from being a unigravida. Some are already mothers but still (with good reason) dread labor pains. A tocophobe, or maieusiophobe, should probably know a good levatrice (midwife).”